- Admiral Grace Hopper, on Letterman in 1986.
- The original “bendy straw” patent from 1937. Figure 3 shows how the corrugations are rolled.
- Marine sponges pump seawater through their bodies for efficient filter feeding. Here is a great visualization.
- MarcDuino, an astromech accessory controller, based on our ATmegaXX8 Breakout board
- Lovely laser cut and routed wood harmonograph kits.
- A spectacular moonrise video. Shot on planet earth, with careful planning, and without any tricks.
- Newly discovered: A desert plant that sucks the water out of minerals to survive.
- A modern, wooden Congreve rolling ball clock (via jwz)
- CMYK stackable coasters (via Gizmodo)
- Tom Lehrer’s New Math, illustrated in a video.
